DAN LIPTON Career Summary Dan Lipton’s career encompasses Grammy-nominated children’s albums and Broadway cast recordings, as well as jazz, rock, pop and film music credits. For 20 years, he has worked at the highest levels of entertainment as a musician, arranger, orchestrator, music director, bandleader, conductor, producer, songwriter and composer. Music supervisor for the 2021 US tour of An Officer and a Gentleman, he spent much of the 2019-20 season backing Kelli O’Hara on piano in concert halls from London to NY and across the US, marking over 12 years of collaboration with the Tony-winning actress. He recently scored the feature film All These Small Moments, starring Molly Ringwald, Brian d’Arcy James and Jemima Kirke. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released by Orion Classics in 2019. Collaborating with Jersey Boys writer Rick Elice, Lipton and David Rossmer are writing the score for Monopoly the Musical. On Broadway, Lipton conducted The Band’s Visit, the 10-time Tony-winning musical starring Katrina Lenk. He spent several years working for Sting as music director and piano/conductor on The Last Ship, the rock icon’s Tony-nominated theatrical writing debut. He played keyboards on the show’s original Broadway cast album and backed Sting for TV performances on Late Show with David Letterman and Live with Kelly Ripa. The Grammy-nominated recordings of David Yazbek’s hit musicals Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty both feature Lipton on piano. He performed onstage alongside Martha Plimpton and Ethan Hawke in The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s epic trilogy at Lincoln Center Theater. Lipton toured internationally with Hawke and Rebecca Hall in The Bridge Project, working as music director for director Sam Mendes’ repertory productions of Chekhov and Shakespeare. He is also a creator and music director of the cult Broadway comedy variety show Don’t Quit Your Night Job. Lipton has arranged music and led bands for Audra McDonald, Brian d’Arcy James, Duncan Sheik, Judy Kuhn, John Lithgow, The Drama Desk Awards, Marin Mazzie, Martha Plimpton and BD Wong. He has performed at The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Ravinia, Caramoor, the Metropolitan Opera House, on PBS’ Great Performances and NPR’s Studio 360, and with symphony orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Dayton Philharmonic and Houston Symphony. Dan Lipton holds a B.M. in Music Composition from Northwestern University. Prior to that he attended the Mannes School of Music in New York City and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammys), ASCAP, Dramatists Guild and American Federation of Musicians and is represented by CAA. 420 words DAN LIPTON Resume BROADWAY and beyond An Officer and a Gentleman - music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator for the US tour, 2021-22 The Band’s Visit - piano/conductor for David Yazbek’s Tony-winning musical, 2018-19 The Last Ship - music director and piano/conductor for Sting and Rob Mathes, 2014-15 - associate music director and keyboard 2 for all US/UK development, 2011-14 The Bridge Project: The Cherry Orchard / The Winter’s Tale - music director for Sam Mendes at BAM, London’s Old Vic and international tour, 2009 - performed music onstage with Ethan Hawke, Simon Russell Beale, Rebecca Hall The Coast of Utopia - music director and piano for Tom Stoppard’s trilogy at Lincoln Center Theater, 2007 - performed music onstage with Ethan Hawke, Martha Plimpton, Jennifer Ehle Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty - piano/keyboards and additional arrangements for Yazbek’s musicals, 2005 and 2000 SONGWRITER and COMPOSER All These Small Moments – score for film starring Molly Ringwald and Jemima Kirke Monopoly the Musical – Broadway-bound musical for Hasbro, with David Rossmer The Perfect Mate – chamber musical for Pittsburgh CLO, with Rossmer They Don’t Let You In The Opera (If You’re A Country Star) – song for Kelli O’Hara, with Rossmer Rated P for Parenthood – 2012 off-Broadway musical, with Rossmer and Sandy Rustin CONCERT WORK - music director, arranger, orchestrator, pianist Kelli O’Hara - solo and band performances across the US, 2007-present - Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor, Kennedy Center - Cadogan Hall, Cliveden House in UK (cont’d) CONCERT WORK (cont’d) John Lithgow - jazz band performances for children across the US, 2006-2010 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia International Children’s Festival - CBS This Morning Audra McDonald - associate music director, 2000-2008 - solo, band and symphony orchestra performances across the US - The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center - Buffalo Philharmonic, Houston Symphony Sting - Late Show with David Letterman, Live with Kelly Ripa, 54 Below Duncan Sheik - Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub Martha Plimpton - Lincoln Center, Studio 360 WRITER Working Musicians: Defining Moments from the Road, the Studio, and the Stage (HarperCollins, 2002) – “Into the Pit” chapter by Dan Lipton EDUCATION B.M. in Music Composition from Northwestern University, 1997 Mannes School of Music in NYC, preparatory division 1990-1993 MEMBER NARAS (Grammys), ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, American Federation of Musicians REPRESENTATION CAA – Ally Shuster, Jason Cooper, Joe Machota, Stephanie Langs .